This is the everyday version
which starts with neutral spirit
One hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon aged in large-format Burgundian oak vats—an approach almost unheard of in Pauillac
Rhys chases elegance and terroir through mountain farming and low yields
all supported by ripe tannins and excellent balance
Korbin Kameron, Merlot, 2021 SO102825 Istine GS This is the everyday versionThis Merlot comes from a mountaintop estate straddling the Napa Sonoma line at 2,300 feet, in the Moon Mountain District, farmed by Phil Coturri, one of California's most experienced organic and biodynamic mountain growers. The Korbin Kameron vineyard was planted in 2000 to all five red Bordeaux varieties, and its high elevation site, on complex soils of ancient seabed and volcanic rock, gives Merlot far more structure and lift than the plush valley